Primary Faculty

Abounader, Roger

Basic and translational brain tumor research

Agaisse, Herve

Genetic approaches, cellular and molecular biology of intracellular pathogen infection

Anderson, Kristin

Engineering cancer-killing T cells to overcome obstacles in solid tumors

Cliffe, Anna

Herpes Simplex Virus Infection of Neurons

Criss, Alison K.

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neisserial pathogenesis

Derre, Isabelle

Host/pathogen Interaction - Chlamydia Infection

Dremel, Sarah

Herpesvirus gene expression & RNA biology

Dudley, Andrew

Tumor microenvironment and mechanisms of tumor neovascularization

Engel, Daniel A.

Drug Discovery and Molecular Biology of Pathogenic RNA viruses: Ebola, SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and Zika

Erickson, Loren D.

Immune mechanisms of pathogenic antibody production in allergy and autoimmunity

Ewald, Sarah E

Innate immunity, chronic disease, host-parasite interactions, Toxoplasma gondii, proteomics

Fox, Jay W.

Basement Membrane Structure and Metalloproteinases

Garcia-Blanco, Mariano A.

RNA-protein interactions in antiviral immunity and autoimmune diseases.

Gioeli, Daniel

Signal transduction in cancer cells

Hahn, Young S.

Immune regulation for HCV infection and chronic liver inflammation

Hammarskjold, Marie-Louise

Post Transcriptional Gene Regulation and the Molecular Biology of Human Retroviruses

Kashatus, David F

The Role of Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission in Tumorigenesis.

Kendall, Melissa M.

Bacterial cell signaling, host-pathogen interactions, intestinal pathogens

Park, Kwon

Mechanisms of tissue/organ homeostasis and tumorigeensis

Pemberton, Lucy F.

Director of Graduate Studies for Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology

Rekosh, David M.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Gene Expression; Human Endogenous Viruses; SARS-CoV-2 Protein Trafficking; Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation

Rutkowski, Melanie

Influence of commensal microbes on immune homeostasis, anti-tumor immunity, and metastasis

Spencer, Brady

Gram-positive pathogenesis; type VII secretion; impact of secreted effectors on host-pathogen interactions and immune responses

Tak, Uday

Prokaryotic immune systems, bacteriophage virology, programmed cell death, pore-forming proteins, evolution of immunity, protein engineering

Wang, Qiwei

Cancer biology and immunology, Immuno-oncology, Immunometabolism, Genetically-engineered mouse models

Zegarra-Ruiz, Daniel Fernando

Unraveling the role of host microbe interactions in autoimmune diseases

Zong, Hui

Early detection, cancer prevention, and tumor microenvironment